Parassala PonnammAl

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CRama
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Regarding awards bestowed on Parassala Ponnammal Mami, please see the following extracts from my article in Sruti magazine published in September 2017.

Bharat Kalachar honoured her with Acharya Kala Bharati in the year 2008. Same year Krishna Gana Sabha also honoured her with Acharya Choodamani award. Another unforgettable moment for Ponnammal was when the nonagenarian Hindusthani Vocalist Padma Vibhooshan Gangubhai Hangal fecilitated her in Hubli the same year. In 2009 she embarked on her first U.S trip extending to 35 days for participating in the Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana festival and she received the Acharya Ratnakara Award from Bhairavi Fine Arts Cleveland, U.S.A. She also presented concerts in San Diego, Philadelphia and Chicago and everywhere it was a success. Prince Rama Varma recalls- “whenever I visit U.S and tells that I am from Trivandrum, the music lovers immediately remembers about the music concerts of Ponnammal and inquire about her well being. With one visit to the U.S, she has acquired a place in the minds of the music lovers of U.S.” The Government of Kerala bestowed on her the Swati Puraskar in the year 2009. Same year she received the Central Sangeet Nataka Academy Award from the President of India Pratibha Patil. Music Academy honoured her with the T.T.K Award of Excellence in the year 2010. It was a very touching scene when the entire audience in the Academy stood up in reverence when the award was presented to Ponnammal. She received the Padmasri Award from President Pranab Mukherjee this year. It was the greatest moment of her life.

Earlier, Sree Swati Tirunal Sangeeta Sabha, Trivandrum honoured her with the Gayaka Ratnam award in 1996. She had received Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Academy Award in 1977 and Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Academy Fellowship in 2002.

HarishankarK
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Kudos to Sri Rama Varma to bringing her to the limelight

rajeshnat
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Nice writeup from The Hindu dated July 02nd 2021. Vidushi Golden Girl indeed broke many many ceiling with her purity of notes and paddantharam.
https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/ ... 078886.ece

RSR
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Re: Parassala PonnammAl

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Very often , wiki articles are very informative. much better than The Hindu articles.
Here is one .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parassala_B._Ponnammal

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She passed away on 22 June 2021, at her home in Valiyassala, Thiruvananthapuram, aged 96.

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